Is there any way to know there is a firewall blocking between Linux runing Apache web server, and a Windows PC? Do I need a SSL server certificate for the Linux machine, in order to run Apache web server? Thanks, Joe --- Joseph Lee <joe_sun_lee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > --- Boyle Owen <Owen.Boyle@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Joseph Lee [mailto:joe_sun_lee@xxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Mittwoch, 29. Juni 2005 17:12 > > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Networking problem? > > > > > > > > > Thank you, all, for trying to help me. > > > > > > I tried http://(ipaddress)/example.html on my > > Windows > > > PC, but still could not get example.html from my > > Linux > > > machine running Apache web server. > > > > > > I also did: > > > > > > - modified /etc/hosts on the Linux machine to > have > > the > > > entry for my Windows PC > > > > The problem is the other way around - the windows > PC > > needs to be able to resolve the machine name of > the > > Linux machine (see Hosts file). > > I modified /WINDOWS/system32/drivers/etc/hosts, and > added an entry for my Linux machine. > > > > > > > > > - ping from Linux to Windows using hostname > > without a > > > problem > > > > Ping from Windows to Linux? If this don't work, > > http://(ipaddress)/example.html never will from > PC. > > I can ping from Windows to Linux by using hostname > and > IP address. Both of them worked. > > > > > > > > > - checked /etc/resolv.conf on Linux, it has a > > valid > > > DNS nameserver > > > > > > - deleted "service http" entry in > /etc/xinetd.conf > > in > > > Linux > > > > > > but still not working. > > > > > > On the Linux machine, I could do > > > file://hostname/example.html > > > > > > but I could not do > > > http://hostname/example.html > > > it says "Not Found. The requested URL > > /example.html > > > was not found on this server. Apache/2.0.54 > (Unix) > > > Server at (hostname) Port 80" > > > > Excellent! The webserver is working and you can > > access it! > > > > It's just that it can't find the file. Try plain > > old: http://hostname/ (which will deliver your > > DirectoryIndex file (you do have one, don't you?) > Do > > you understand the relationship between URL and > > DocumentRoot? If you do, then request a file that > > you are sure exists in the docroot. > > Ahh! I copied ~/example.html to > /usr/local/apache2/htdocs, and now I can run > http://(hostname)/example.html on Linux! That's > great. > One problem solved. > > However, when I tried to do the same thing from > Windows , it just kept processing.... > > I also tried from my Windows to do > telnet (linux hostanme) > and > telnet (linux hostanme) 80 > But it just kept processing.... > > I think it may be the firewall that blocked port 80 > between PC and Linux, but let ping go thru. > > Thanks, > Joe > > > > > Rgds, > > Owen Boyle > > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this > message > > may be ignored. > > > > > > > > > > Thank you again. > > > Joe > > > > > > --- Dan Trainor <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > Joseph Lee wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to run Apache web server on my > > Redhat > > > > > Linux machine. I just installed and > configured > > > > Apache > > > > > httpd-2.0.54, and entered "http://localhost"; > > on my > > > > > browser (Mozilla). I was able to see "If you > > can > > > > see > > > > > this, it means the installation ... was > > > > successful." > > > > > > > > > > However, when I went to another machine (a > > PC), > > > > and > > > > > entered http://(myhostname)/example.html, I > > could > > > > not > > > > > display the file on the PC. It just kept > > > > > processing.... > > > > > > > > > > I have modified /etc/xinetd.conf to include > > > > "service > > > > > http", and modified /etc/hosts.allow to add > > "http > > > > > myPCIPaddress", but it did not help. > > > > > > > > > > I think it's networking problem, but I don't > > know > > > > what > > > > > else to do. (I can ping from PC to Linux). > > > > > > > > > > Any help would be highly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > > (yourhostname) does not exist in DNS, > > apparently. > > > > If he's on a Windows > > > > machine, he needs to edit lmhosts and "fake" > it. > > If > > > > he's in Linux, you > > > > can modify /etc/hosts and designate that > > shorthand > > > > hostname to an IP, > > > > which would work. > > > > > > > > Either that, or modify an existing local DNS > > server, > > > > if you're really > > > > serious about it ;) > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > -dant > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > The official User-To-User support forum of the > > > > Apache HTTP Server Project. > > > > See > <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> > > for > > > > more info. > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > > users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > " from the digest: > > > > users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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